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BOTTLE STOPPER. No. 344,638. Patented June 29, 1886.

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CHARLES DE QUILLFELDT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 344,638, dated June29,1886. I

Application filed December 28. 1885. Serial No. 186,868. (No model.)

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES DE QUILL- FELDT, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of New York, in the county and State of New York,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bottle-Stoppers, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to bottle-stoppers of that class invented bymyself, and described in Patent No. 158,406, dated June 5, 1875, inwhich the stopper proper is suspended toa bail or yoke pivoted with itsends to opposite eyes in a lever, which latter is pivoted with its endsto the bottleneck, or a band attached thereto.

The object of my present invention is to provide an essentialimprovement upon my aforesaid previous invention, which will overcomethe annoyance and waste of time frequently attendant upon the closing ofa bot tle when the bail and the lever happen to be down at oppositesides of the bottle-neck and the cap has slid laterally upon the bail;also, to obviate the necessity of turning the cap upon the bail to getit in position for insertion in the bottle-neck, and thus generally tofacilitate the operation of the stopper.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of abottle provided with my present improvement, the stopper being shown ina position ready to enter into the bottle-mouth by simply depressing thelever. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same in position, with the leverdepressed so far that the stopper is almost wholly entered. Fig. 8 is adetail section on the line 00 so through the cap, showing how the sameis secured to the bail. Fig. l is a perspective view of a bottlestopperof the general construction described and shown in my aforesaid previouspatent, the parts being shown in the positions relative to each otherwhich they often assume, and which make it most inconvenient to closethe bottle.

A is the bottle, and B the neckband.

0 is the lever, pivoted with its ends through opposite'eyes, b, of theneck-band.

D is the bail or yoke, pivoted with its ends to opposite eyes, a, of thelever O, at points between the pivots and the handle end of the lever.

1 The stopper proper is compound, as usual,

consisting of a metallic portion, E, and an elastic or rubber portion,F. The metallic portion consists of a cap or flange, 6, cast in onepiece with the stem or core 6, which should be shaped about as shown inthe drawings to properly retain the elastic portion F and tighten thesame in the mouth of the bottle. The elastic portion consists of twodistinct parts, the shank or stemf and the top flange, f. The stopper isnot pivoted or movable upon the bail, but is rigidly secured to thesame, so as to prevent sliding and turning. This may be done byflattening the bailwire at d into about the shape shown in Fig. 3, andcasting the metallic portion E upon it, or by making the parts E D inone piece. The length of the bail from its pivoting-point at 0 to thepoint at which it is secured to the cap E is so proportioned (as shownin Fig. 1) that when the lever O is raised, with its handle end in thehighest position, the stopper cannot be swung down in the direction ofarrow 1, but is free to swing in the direction of arrow 2 until itassumes the dotted position, with the rubber flange f resting againstthe neck or side of the bottle. It will be noticed, inasmuch as thestopper cannot turn upon the hail, the metallic portion E can neverstrike against the glass, as in my previous stopper, above referred to;but the contact is always formed by the soft elastic flange.

If it is desired to close a bottle when the parts of the oldconstruction are in the position shown in Fig. 4, the cap has first tobe moved down to its proper place on the central portion of the bail.Then the stopper cannot be applied until the bail is swung over to thesame side as the lever C, and this cannot bev done until the said leveris raised. Consequently the next step is to raise the lever, next toswing the bail over to the same side as the lever, then to swing thestopper around and move it to the proper central position upon thebail,insert it in the bottle-neck,and, finally, depress the lever. By mypresent simple, though important, improvement, in which the lever andbail never can swing to opposite sides of the bottle-neck, all that isnecessary to close the bottle is simply to swing the bail from itsdotted position in direction of arrow 3, Fig. 1, as far as it will go,when it will assume the position drawn in full lines, and to ICO depressthe lever 0. Thus only two movements, instead of five movements, areneeded to do the same with the old construction when in a positionsimilar to that shown in Fig. 4. In depressing the lever to close thebottle the flange f touches the bottle first at a, and is compressed, asin Fig. 2. The pressure is then gradually distributed until, when thelever is completely depressed and the bailhas assumed the verticalposition, it is equal on the entire flange.

For the purpose of facilitating the entering of the stopper the metalliccap 6 is consider-. ably smaller in diameter than the rubber flange andslightly smaller than the opening at the extreme end of thebottle-mouth, and this latter is slightly bell-shaped, and the stem f,shaped in accordance therewith, is rounded and tapering downward, asshown, so as to insure a tight fit with very little effort to press onthe lever.

' I am aware that a stopper rigid upon a bail is in itself not new.

Having thus described my invention. 1 claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. The combination, substantially as described, of alever, O, pivoted to the bottleneck, a bail, D, pivoted to the saidlever, and a stopper rigidly secured upon the said bail, the length ofthe said lever and hail being so proportioned that when the lever israised in its highest position the bail allows of swinging the stopperdown upon the bottle-neck toward the same side as the lever, but nottoward the side opposite, for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, substantially as described, of alever, G.pivoted tothe bottle-neck, a bail, D, pivoted to the said lever, and having itscentral portion flattened, substantially as shown, and a stopper havingits metallic portion cast upon the said central part of the bail,substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, substantially as described, of a lever, O, pivotedto the bottleneck, a bail, D, pivoted. to the said lever, and a compoundstopper having the cap 0 of its metallic portion E of the same or of aslightly smaller diameter than the extreme outer end of thebottle-mouth, and rigidly secured upon the said bail,the flangef of theelastic portion of the stopper being of larger diame ter than the cap,the length of the said lever and bail being so proportioned that whenthe lever. is raised in its highest position the bail allows of swingingthe stopper down upon the bottle-neck toward the same side as the lever,but not toward the side opposite, substantiall y as hereinbet'ore setforth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as myinvention I have signed myname, in presence of two witnesses, this 24th day of December, 1885.

CHAS. DE QUILLFELDT.

Witnesses:

A. W. ALMQVIST, T. M. GROSSMAN.

